One

Last night, Xu Dudu and Luo Bingwang and other people's camps, suddenly attacked by Li Xiaoyi's main force, the two sides fought fiercely on the west bank of Gaoyou Lake for a whole night, because Xu Dudu did not listen to Wei Siwen's advice, mistakenly followed Xue Zhongzhang's plan, and finally defeated in Linchen, 100,000 reinforcements collapsed on the whole line, and are now fleeing to Runzhou on the way.

After Tang Ao heard about the Gaoyou incident, he actually gave up the palace test, rode out of Chang'an City, and like Fang Dongsheng and Wang Naxiang, they were ready to cross the wild mountains and forests on the ultra-short road, run from the difficult Linyin path, avoid the checkpoint and go directly to Yangzhou, which can reduce the distance by half. He knew that the current Yangzhou might have been occupied by the imperial court, and the two sisters-in-law and son-in-law might also be killed, so he kept going.

Under an eager psychological induction, Tang Ao finally rode a horse super path to the wild mountains and forests. Because of the lack of people and horses, and the hunger was unbearable, he had no choice but to stop first, tie the horse to a dead tree, take off the dry food and water from the saddle, untie the fox skin robe draped over his shoulders, lay it on the ground, sit on the ground, and gobble up the dry food while gulping down the water. Just as he was swallowing dates, he accidentally found two people lying on the opposite hillside, so he hurriedly put down the water bladder and dry food in his hand, ran up the hill with arrows, and rescued the two separately. And the two people who were rescued were none other than Anne and Old Orion, who had stumbled and slipped down the hill last night.

Tang Ao touched the snort of the old hunter who was shot through his body by the feather arrow with his hand, shook his head helplessly, and sighed. It seems that the poor old hunter has no hope of survival. He moved his hand to the bridge of Anne's nose and probed into it, and when he saw that she was still snorting, he hurriedly picked up the fox fur robe that was spread on the ground, and gently lifted the disheveled Anne, and wrapped the robe around her. Then he lit a fire to keep Anne warm. Soon, she slowly woke up.

As soon as Anne opened her eyes, she saw a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar appear in front of her eyes. She wasn't afraid of this face, she just kept crying around the campfire and saying things like "Uncle Orion, I hurt you".

"Girl------ girl, don't cry! What the hell is going on?" asked Tang Ao.

Anne didn't answer him, she was still crying and complaining in agony, she was about to break down, and in the dimness she seemed to see death beckoning to her, and she was powerless to resist, feeling that this time she was dead. Her mind went blank suddenly, as if her life had come to an end, and she began to slowly close her eyes. At this moment, many pictures of her past relationship with Kang Tai appeared in her mind, and she knew that she could not give up her life so easily, and she must use her own will to drive away the Grim Reaper and regain her strength. Because she still has Kang Tai, Zixia, Shang An and her mother and others concerned in her heart, and the grudge of her uncle's tragic death has not been avenged, she can't die.

Anne endured her grief and struggled with death, but she was too weak and suffered more severe injuries to bear the impact of other stresses, both mentally and physically. Her resistance began to become insignificant, and the little fighting spirit that had just risen was also depressed. ------ Suddenly, a loud and magnetic voice entered her brain through her eardrums, which instantly activated her depressed fighting spirit, and she opened her eyes coldly, and found that the middle-aged man dressed as a scholar was still in front of her.

"Thank you for pulling me back from the brink of death. Anne stared at Tang Ao with grateful eyes and said.

"Oh! Tang Ao shook his head and asked, "Girl, looking at your appearance and temperament, you don't look like a mountain woman, how can you faint on the hillside with an old hunter?

"No, it's scarier than encountering bandits, they're not human at all. Anne said angrily, "A group of villains, Uncle Orion was murdered by them just to save me, and I blamed me for harming my uncle." ”

"Okay, stop blaming yourself, people can't be resurrected after death, I want to open up. After Tang Ao comforted Anne for a few words, he found a place with relatively soft soil and began to dig it up with his sword, preparing to bury the old hunter's body.

Two

Tang Ao, with the help of Anne, buried the old hunter's body and erected a wooden monument, and after a short rest, they temporarily rode the same horse and continued to run along the forest path. On the way, they gave each other their names and were also referred to as brother and sister.

This may be what we often call fate! Fate is that even outsiders who have never met each other may appear in front of you and meet you, or as enemies, or as friends, or as brothers and sisters with different surnames, in short, the encounter between people is inseparable from a fate. is afraid, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, but there is no chance to meet on the other side!

Anne could see from Tang Ao's expression that he was preoccupied, and even his tone of voice was very hurried, as if there was someone or something in front of him that made him very worried, and constantly drove the horse forward.

"Big brother, you're in such a hurry to find someone, right?"

"Not bad. ”

"Are you going to find your sister-in-law?"

"No, it's the family of two deceased people. ”

Anne found that Tang Ao was always absent-mindedly answering her own questions, it seemed that the two old people were very important to him, so in order not to interfere with the itinerary and his attention, she didn't ask anything more.

Anne and Tang Ao were about to approach the top of the mountain, but just as they were about to cross the mountain forest, they suddenly heard the neighing of war horses and the sad sound of a sad song coming from behind the mountain beam. Tang Ao subconsciously grabbed the reins, turned off the horse, pulled out his long sword, and observed the surrounding terrain and situation.

"Big brother, what's wrong?" asked Anne, on horseback.

"Behind the mountain beam, it looks like a horse thief. ”

"What! Anne grumbled, "How can I be so unlucky! As soon as I escaped from the clutches of death, I met a horse thief again." Eldest sister, second sister, where are you Kang Tai!"

"Girl, you don't have to be afraid, maybe things aren't so bad yet, get off the horse. Tang Ao helped Anne get off the horse and said, "Let's go, won't it be clear if we go over and investigate!"

"All right!" replied Anne, and then slowly approached the ridge with him, and poked her head out, and saw that a clearing under the hillside was filled with countless soldiers. They all sat there, singing the sad and desolate folk songs of their hometown, and their homesickness was very high. This is really a beacon for three months, and the family letter is worth 10,000 dollars!

"How can there be so many heavily armed soldiers singing sad songs here?" asked Tang Ao puzzled.

"Hmph! It must be those two brute dogs. Anne replied hatefully.

"What do you mean, dogs?"

"It's what it means to be a lackey. Anne added, "Oh! that's a native language in my hometown, and my eldest brother doesn't have to pay much attention to it." ”

As soon as Anne's words fell, she saw a person standing in the open space under the hillside, very similar to Fang Dongsheng. Suddenly, the man took a few steps forward, revealing a vague face. That's right, it's him, he's Fang Dongsheng, it's like a fake.

Anne saw that her enemy was right in front of her, and the irrepressible revenge was out of control. Soon, she snatched the sword from Tang Ao's hand, and it seemed that she had an urge to rush down the hill with the sword and fight with that Fang Dongsheng.

"Sister------ sister, what are you doing here?" Tang Ao asked in a low voice as he snatched the sword with her.

"Big brother, let go and let my sister rush down and kill that demon, big brother, you will fulfill me! I will avenge Uncle Orion. Anne said bitterly, "They're the bastards who took me and killed Uncle Orion, and I'm going to kill them." ”

"Sister, you can't be rash!" Tang Ao asked again, "Who have you seen? What the hell is going on? You can make it clear." ”

"Fang Dongsheng, it was he and his lackeys who killed Uncle Orion, and they wanted to bully me, and I accidentally slipped down the hill and almost died, I want to take revenge on them------ take revenge on them. ”

Three

It took a lot of effort for Tang Ao to convince Anne to give up the idea of doing something stupid and calm down a little. Subconsciously, he saw Xu Dudu's deputy general, Wang Naxiang, and Fang Dongsheng talking constantly in that open space, and he was a little puzzled.

"Why are they stationed here?" Tang Ao asked again, "Aren't they supposed to be by the side of the two brothers, Brother Xu and Brother Luo?"

"Hmph! They have already taken refuge in the imperial court. Anne replied naturally, "It seems that the eldest brother's brother Xu is more than lucky this time, and history will never change." ”

"Sister, what do you mean by this?" Tang Ao asked puzzled, "You said that they have taken refuge in the imperial court and betrayed my two elder brothers." So how did you learn about this, but there is evidence? What do you mean by saying that history can never be changed? Do you have the ability to predict the future?"

"Oh! This is what my sister heard about when I was detained by them, how can it be fake!" Anne replied in a disguised tone, "Although I hate them very much, I will not frame them for trumped-up charges because of this! Big brother, do you not believe my sister's words when you question my sister like this?"

She knew that it was not the time to reveal her true identity, and even if she did, he might not believe it, and it was likely to cause some unnecessary trouble, so she passed it in a disguised tone.

"No------ it's not that I don't believe it, but the eldest brother really doesn't want to believe it, and the two elder brothers will end up in a crime and betrayal of their relatives. Hey!"

Just when Tang Ao and Anne were there with a lot of emotion, a herald on a fast horse suddenly came out of a path under the hillside, only to see him holding the whip in his left hand, whipping the fast horse very hard, and his right hand was pulling the reins, up and down, up and down, and even the yellow cloth package on his back was shaken upside down, obviously there was an urgent report to be delivered.

"Phew!" the herald grabbed the reins vigorously, forced the fast horse to stop, and quickly turned off the horse, held the yellow cloth package, hurried to Wang Naxiang and Fang Dongsheng, presented a letter in the package with both hands, muttered a few words, and then rode away again.

After Wang Naxiang opened the letter and looked at it a few times, he actually laughed with Fang Dongsheng, as if he had obtained a treasure.

"Ha--- ha--- ha! Great, the opportunity has finally come. Fang Dongsheng said.

"Yes, Xu Dudu and King Luo Bin are besieged in Yangshou Town, this is really a great opportunity!" Wang Naxiang lightly held the corner of the letter with his hand and looked at it a few more times, and said, "Our plan will soon be realized, and this bitter and serial plan will definitely be able to wipe out Xu Luo and the rest of the party." When the time comes, we will have endless glory and wealth. Ha--- ha--- ha!"

"Brothers, you all heard it!" Fang Dongsheng shouted hypocritically, "Soon the war will end, and everyone has finally survived." As long as this plan can be successfully completed, we will immediately send everyone home to reunite with their loved ones, and we will never break our promise. ”

When the dejected soldiers heard that the war was coming to an end and that they would soon be able to return to their lovely homeland, they were all in high spirits and rejoicing. The hearts of the soldiers were all won over by Wang Naxiang and Fang Dongsheng in a moment, and they were all willing to die for them, and the passive situation was alleviated in an instant.

"Okay------ okay, everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet. Wang Naxiang stood in the open space full of people, and said in a commanding tone, "All the soldiers obeyed the order, packed up and set off immediately, and marched quickly, and must rush to the city of Zhengzhou before dark." ”

"Yes. After everyone responded in unison, they began to clean up.

Suddenly, Tang Ao's steed on the mountain beam didn't know what terrible thing it had encountered, and it neighed in horror. In an instant, the soldiers and Fang Wang under the slope were alarmed. Suddenly, a large group of soldiers with knives and guns in their hands rushed up the hillside under the leadership of Fang Dongsheng.

Four

Tang Ao quickly pulled the frightened horse and prepared to help Annie get on the horse and leave there, but it was too late. Fang Dongsheng surrounded them with a group of heavily armed soldiers.

"Hmph! Fang Dongsheng walked up to Annie and said, "Miss An, we meet again." Your life is so big, it didn't even kill you so high. ”

"I've let you down!" said Anne with hatred in her eyes, "Hmph! Ever since Uncle Orion was killed by you, I have said to myself that I will never let you go as long as I have a breath left, so you had better kill me today, or I will take revenge." ”

"Okay! Come on! Lao Tzu is standing in front of you, come and take revenge on me! Ha--- Ha--- Ha!" Fang Dongsheng said very rampantly, "If you want to take revenge on Lao Tzu, I'm afraid you don't have that chance." Come on, take it for me. ”

"Stop. Tang Ao held a long sword in front of Anne and said loudly, "As long as Tang is here, don't wait for her to touch a single hair." If you dare to take another step forward, don't blame Tang for being ruthless. ”

A few of the soldiers who surrounded him knew Tang Ao and knew that his methods were not ordinary, and whoever went first was unlucky, so he urged other soldiers not to act rashly.

"Huh! After Fang Dongsheng reprimanded those soldiers for a few words, he stared at Tang Ao with vicious eyes and scolded and said, "Tang Ao, you are fucking less nosy, give you face, Lao Tzu will not give it." You'd better get out of the way for me, or I'll clean up with you!"

"Okay, then it's up to you to see how good you are. Tang Ao slowly raised the sword in his hand and made a posture to face the battle.

"Hmph! You don't fucking play prestige in front of Lao Tzu, brothers give it to me, chop up this king eight lambs, Lao Tzu will be rewarded. ”

There will be brave men among the rewards, and this is not true at all. Soon, someone was the first to rush forward and prepare to fight Tang Ao. I saw Tang Ao wrap his long sword around his chest again, and quickly swung it towards a poplar tree that was not too big or small. Suddenly, the sword qi flashed, and the tree pole was broken with a "bang!" sound, and everyone present was in an uproar. The soldier who rushed forward actually flinched back, and the scene began to be awkward.

"Hmph, a bunch of wretched, get out of here, I'll come. Fang Dongsheng couldn't help himself and prepared in front of Tang Ao.

"Come on, let the horses come. Tang Ao stared at Wang Naxiang and said, "Brother Wang, don't stand there stupidly, let's go together!"

"Oh, isn't this Brother Tang?" Wang Naxiang walked out of the crowd and said hypocritically, "Misunderstanding--- misunderstanding, this is definitely a misunderstanding, they are all their own people, why bother with swords and guns? Everyone put down their weapons, and they have something to discuss." Brother Fang, don't be impulsive, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!"

"Hmph! You are afraid of him, but Lao Tzu is not afraid. Fang Dongsheng didn't know whether he was alive or dead, "Today, Lao Tzu has to cut you well, look at the trick." ”

Five

In a moment, the two were fighting in front of everyone. At the beginning, Tang Ao still fought and retreated, giving in everywhere, hoping that he could rein in the precipice, but this wicked man would not change his life, and he still did not know the severity of approaching step by step. Helplessly, Tang Ao resorted to the trick of the stars and the moon.

I saw Tang Ao general's body vertically, flying into the air, and quickly moving behind Wang Naxiang. Then, he casually threw his sword forward. Suddenly, after the long sword spun violently in the air a few times, it unexpectedly differentiated into dozens of small swords, surrounding Fang Dongsheng, who had no mental preparation, and even the surroundings were transformed by the sword qi, and began to fly sand and stones, as if the sky had changed. The dead leaves remaining on the branches also flew down and landed on everyone's heads and faces, and everyone present was stunned, including Fang Dongsheng himself.

Tang Ao just wanted to scare him, but he didn't mean to take his life. So she stretched her right hand forward again and made a gesture to withdraw her sword. In a moment, the small sword that flew out merged into one and quickly returned to its sheath. This kind of scene made everyone stunned, but Fang Dongsheng was not very convinced, and rushed forward without his strength.

Tang Ao saw that he didn't have the slightest intention of repentance, so he shook his head slightly, and with a wave of his palm, he beat him to the enclave three feet, fell to the ground and almost lost his life. Eventually, the panicked soldiers swarmed him, helped him onto his horse, and hurried out of there under the command of Wang Naxiang.

"Hmph! Fang Dongsheng has a kind of don't run, don't run, our grudge hasn't been settled yet, you stop for me. Anne shouted as she chased.

"Sister---- sister, stop chasing, stop. Tang Ao stopped her and said, "Don't chase it, it's useless to catch up." ”

"Why? Aren't we already on top?" asked Anne, puzzled.

"Girl, don't be impatient for a while. Tang Ao stepped forward and explained, "Fang Cai, they were frightened by the eldest brother's wonderful swordsmanship for a while, so they left in panic, if you chase them at this time and settle accounts with them, in case they suddenly react and fight back with all their might, do you think that with the strength of you and me, it may be the opponent of so many of them?"

"Hmph! It's really cheap to kill him, I'm really not convinced. ”

"Okay, girl, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. ”

"Big brother, what should we do now?"

"Follow them. Tang Ao said uneasily, "I always feel that something is going to happen." ”

Xu Dudu, Luo Binwang and others, who were besieged in Yangshou Town, were already exhausted. Together with hundreds of remnants of the defeated army who had escaped death, they temporarily took refuge in a decadent and strange mountain villa. This mountain villa was originally called Yangjiazhuang, and it was a rich and powerful family in this leading position. Since the outbreak of this war, Yangjiazhuang has lost its former peace and luxury. Because at that time, there were often scenes of fighting between the army and the rebels, and the bloodshed, death and plunder were like a thick dark cloud, which enveloped everything here. Soon, the owner of the villa could not bear all this, so he fled from Zhuangzi with his family, and when he left, only five people were left to guard the house, three men and two women, all of whom were humble subordinates. It seems that the owner of this place still has the idea of returning to the lodge after the war.

One night, the officers and rebels took advantage of the cold moonlight to tear up and kill in this area again, and it was not until late at night that the shouts of killing gradually subsided, but the crazy and bloody killing did not completely end. In the dim moonlight, a group of soldiers who had lost their armor and were covered in blood broke into Yangjiazhuang. As soon as they entered the village, they burned, killed, and looted, and did all kinds of evil. Of course, the worst belonged to the five subordinates who stayed to watch the home, three men were cut into human sticks by them, and two women were stripped of their clothes and skirts by their beasts and died. After they left, the whole Yangjiazhuang was decadent, but some of the buildings in the village are still relatively well preserved until today. Some people say that in the middle of the night, you will see dead people's money flying all over the village and the five unjust souls floating around.

Six

In the evening, the exhausted soldiers packed up the hall and a dozen houses, prepared heating facilities, and fell asleep early. In the bright moonlight, only two soldiers were left standing guard outside. The two of them, dressed in cotton robes and cotton boots, sat next to three broken water tanks, talking in low voices.

Midwinter nights are both quiet and cold, and sometimes they can make people feel weird and gloomy. But the two little soldiers standing guard in the courtyard were tightly wrapped in cotton robes and talking to each other about their hometowns and pretty ladies at home, and there seemed to be nothing strange about them, and everything seemed normal. But deep down in the hearts of the two of them, there was already some sense of rejection of the darkness, and the constant conversation was just to cover up the inner uneasiness and fear.

The two of them talked endlessly until late at night. Before they knew it, the two of them began to be unable to resist, the sudden feeling of fatigue and sleepiness, and after two shivers, the two decided to leave the compound, first go back to the hall to warm up, and then wake up someone else to replace them. But just as they were about to leave the compound and go back to the hall, something strange and terrifying happened.

In the three dilapidated and dry water tanks, a lot of bright red blood suddenly gushed out. They are mixed with a strong fishy smell that is disgusting. Suddenly, ------from the three water tanks gushing blood, three human sticks with disheveled heads and limbs slowly emerged. At this time, the two soldiers who were about to change the guard were already frightened. The two of them had grown so big, and they had never seen such a terrifying sight lightly, so their pupils dilated with fright, their faces turned blue, their limbs stiffened, and they could no longer make any reaction to turn around and run away or shout loudly. Feelings of fear and helplessness began to swell in this strange and dark environment. Their psychological endurance has also reached the limit, and it can be said that it is more terrifying for them than seeing mountains of corpses on the battlefield. Is this a hallucination?------

Just when the two of them doubted whether all this was true or false, they faintly heard the miserable cries of two women behind them. The voices were getting closer------ they were trembling with fright, large beads of sweat seeping from their temples and foreheads, rolling down their cheeks and chins to the ground. They wanted to close their eyes and escape from the darkness, but they were in no hurry, and they appeared.

They were wrapped in only a piece of snow-white satin, and other than that, they wore nothing, and their bare lower limbs, shoulders and arms, glowing in the dim moonlight, looked very sexy and charming. Their plump bodies, graceful figures, and chest-length hair can be described in words like beautiful and delicious. This kind of sexy and charming demeanor, I'm afraid anyone who sees it will feel like a deer, let alone two young men with strong blood.

At this moment, the two minions suddenly had a terrible impulse, that is, they rushed forward, hugged them tightly in their arms, and enjoyed themselves to the fullest. This terrible sense of impulsiveness soon overshadowed the fear and helplessness in their hearts. The two of them involuntarily took two steps forward, and only in the moonlight did they see their faces clearly.

"Ah——h

They couldn't believe their eyes, it was terrifying. They couldn't imagine that the two plump and graceful women in front of them could have such a gloomy and terrifying face. Suddenly, their eyes, full of hatred and resentment, began to squeeze out slimy pus and blood, and the beads of their eyes had already fallen to the ground, and this terrifying scene looked even more eerie and suffocating under the moonlight.

The two of them stared at the two female ghosts with straight eyes, and just stared at them, and deep in their hearts, a feeling of fear and helplessness reappeared, and it was even stronger than the feeling just now. The two of them watched them drift forward covered in pus and blood, and their nerves were about to collapse when combined with the strange laughter of the three sticks.

"Ah------ ghost, ------ ghost. One of the creeps suddenly shouted, and the screams of killing pigs woke the soldiers who were sleeping in the hall. By the time everyone rushed out of the hall and into the courtyard with their weapons in hand, the shouting had stopped. Everything is the same under the moonlight, the water tank is still the water tank, the courtyard wall is still the courtyard wall, the only thing that has changed is that there are two more unconscious people next to the water tank. These two people were none other than the two soldiers standing guard in the courtyard.

"What's the matter, who's making a noise here?" asked Xu Dudu, who rushed out of the inner room with a sword in hand.

"Governor, it's just that two sentries have fainted, and nothing else. A young general replied.

"Hell, ------ hell, this is a murderous house------ murderous house! They are so scary, they are covered in blood, all blood, it is so terrifying. Get out of here------ get out of here. One of the guards suddenly woke up and shouted as if he had sent a strange witness.

"Bastard. Xu Dudu gave him a slap in the face and glared at him and said, "You don't have to bewitch the people and disturb the army's morale here." Come on, take them both to the backyard and sober up. ”

"Yes. A few soldiers answered, and took the two babbling soldiers to the backyard. But at the moment when Xu Dudu was about to go back to his room to rest, something strange happened again, he inadvertently saw that the sky was full of snow-white dead money, as if he was giving him a funeral. He thought he was dazzled, so he shook his head vigorously and continued to look again, but he could still see dead man's money flying in the sky, which frightened him, and he instantly decided to gather his team and break through the path. However, this area has long been surrounded by officers and soldiers like an iron bucket, and it is not easy to break through.

It's been seven or eight days, and they can't break through the siege by all means, just when they are desperate, Wang Naxiang and Fang Dongsheng actually led their troops to rush into the encirclement and rescue them. However, Tang Ao and Anne failed to catch up with them for many reasons, so they had to take a detour to Yangzhou.